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Brown Sugar

Zucchini Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting

August 29, 2014 by Kay Leave a Comment

Super moist, very flavorful and extra sweet describe this cake made with fresh zucchini and no one will ever know there is a vegetable in Zucchini Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting (unless you tell them the name!).

The zucchini does really add a nice element to this cake and it’s a great way to use up any extra zucchini you might have left over from your CSA or your garden. Zucchini is also in abundance at Farmers Markets, so check there if you are in need of some for this recipe.

The key to this recipe is making sure to squeeze out some of the juice of the zucchini after you have shredded it, you don’t want the batter to be too thin.

Enjoy!

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Zucchini Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting

Rating: 51

Yield: 12 Servings

Zucchini Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • 1 1/3 cups sugar
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • ½ cup orange juice
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp. nutmeg
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 ½ cups shredded zucchini
  • CARAMEL FROSTING:
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • ½ cup butter, 1 stick, but into small cubes
  • ¼ half & half
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 ½ - 2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 metal baking pan.
  • In your mixer beat the eggs, sugar, oil, orange juice and vanilla.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the mixer and mix to combine. Add in the zucchini and mix just until combined.
  • Pour the mixture into the cake pan and use a spatula to even it out. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let the cake cool before frosting.
  • While the cake is baking make the frosting. Add the browns sugar, butter and half & half in a small saucepan. Over medium heat, let the mixture come to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and whisk in the vanilla. Let the mixture cool to luke warm and whisk in the powdered sugar. Start with 1 ½ cups and check the consistency, if it isn’t thick enough, add in the additional ½ cup of powdered sugar, mix to combine. Frost the cake and serve.

Notes

Adapted from Taste of Home.

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Pour the batter into a greased & floured pan.

Pour the batter into a greased & floured pan.

Level the cake in the pan with a spatula.

Level the cake in the pan with a spatula.

Bake until golden.

Bake until golden.

Pour the creamy frosting on the cake.

Pour the creamy frosting on the cake.

Spread the frosting over the top of the cake.

Spread the frosting over the top of the cake.

Look how the frosting glistens.

Look how the frosting glistens.

Very sweet and moist cake.

Very sweet and moist cake.

Zucchini Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting

Zucchini Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting

Perfect with a glass of milk.

Perfect with a glass of milk.

It's hard to eat just one piece!

It’s hard to eat just one piece!

Filed Under: Desserts Tagged With: Brown Sugar, Cake, Powdered Sugar, Zucchini

Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

July 7, 2014 by Kay Leave a Comment

Easy to follow and full of nutty and chocolate flavor, Chocolate Chip Granola Bars are sure to please everyone in your family!

This is my first attempt at making granola bars and I must say it was way easier than I anticipated. These are great to have on hand for breakfast or a quick snack. I think kid’s will fall in love with these. The best part is these are made in the microwave! Super simple!

These definitely are healthier than store bought granola bars because natural ingredients such as honey, maple syrup, oats and nuts are used to make these decadent granola bars.  No high fructose corn syrup or preservatives, that’s right, NONE.  That is what makes Chocolate Chip Granola Bars so special and delicious! Enjoy!

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Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

Yield: 16 Squares

Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup coconut oil, plus 1 tsp.
  • 1/3 cup packed light-brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1/8 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 2 cups oatmeal
  • 1 1/4 cups rice cereal
  • 1/4 cup pecans, chopped
  • 1/3 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips, plus 4 tbsp.

Instructions

  • Add coconut oil, brown sugar, honey and salt to a 2 quart microwave safe bowl. Heat for 1 minute on high power. Stir the mixture. Microwave for another 1 minute and 30 seconds on high power. Blend in vanilla and cinnamon, then add in the oatmeal, rice cereal and pecans. Mix to combine. Firmly press mixture into a baking sheet. Sprinkle 1/3 cup of mini chocolate chips and press into bars. Transfer to freezer and chill 10 minutes, then remove. Microwave 4 tbsp. of chocolate chips and 1 tsp. coconut oil on high for 30-40 seconds, drizzle this on top of the bars. Place back in freezer for 10 minutes, remove and cut bars. Store in an airtight container in the fridge.
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Add foil to your pan and coat with butter.

Add foil to your pan and coat with butter.

Mix the oatmeal, cereal and nuts into the sauce.

Mix the oatmeal, cereal and nuts into the sauce.

Press the mixture down in the pan.

Press the mixture down in the pan.

Press the chocolate chips into the bars.

Press the chocolate chips into the bars.

Drizzle with chocolate.

Drizzle with chocolate.

Cut the bars.

Cut the bars.

Soft & Chewy granola bars.

Soft & Chewy granola bars.

You won't be able to eat just one!

You won’t be able to eat just one!

Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

Love the extra chocolate on top.

Love the extra chocolate on top.

Chocolate Chip Granola Bars 12

 

Adapted from Cooking Classy.

Filed Under: Breakfast / Brunch Tagged With: Brown Sugar, Chocolate, Cinnamon, Honey, Nuts, Oats, Pure Maple Syrup

Honey Balsamic BBQ Sauce

April 5, 2014 by Kay 1 Comment

Balsamic vinegar is cooked down to a thick syrup and is added to honey, barbeque sauce and brown sugar to become a flavorful sauce that can be used on meatballs, chicken or pork chops.

This sauce has a lot of complex layers that come alive in your mouth. If you are looking for a kicked up BBQ sauce, try Honey Balsamic BBQ Sauce, you won’t be disappointed.

I love this sauce on my recipe for Herb Meatballs.

Honey Balsamic BBQ Sauce

Honey Balsamic BBQ Sauce

 

 

Herb Meatballs in Honey Balsamic BBQ Sauce

Herb Meatballs in Honey Balsamic BBQ Sauce

 

 

Honey Balsamic BBQ Sauce

Honey Balsamic BBQ Sauce

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy!

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Honey Balsamic BBQ Sauce

Honey Balsamic BBQ Sauce

Ingredients

  • 1 cup balsamic vinegar
  • ½ cup honey
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • 1 bottle BBQ Sauce

Instructions

  • Add the balsamic vinegar and agave to a sauce pan over medium heat and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium low and cook on a low boil for 35 minutes. Add in the brown sugar and bbq sauce and heat through for 10 minutes. Pour the sauce over the meatballs. At this point you can serve them now or you can add them to a slow cooker and keep warm over low heat.
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Filed Under: Condiments Tagged With: Balsamic Vinegar, Barbeque Sauce, BBQ Sauce, Brown Sugar, Honey

Delicious Chip Bars

March 26, 2014 by Kay 2 Comments

Delicious Chip Bars are a base of brown sugar and buttery goodness with a mixture of chips thrown into the mix that is baked to a soft and chewy sensation.

I call this chip bars because you decide what flavor of chip you would like to add in the recipe. Milk or dark chocolate, white chocolate or butterscotch are favorites of mine. I like to mix it up when making these bars.

What I love about making a cookie into a bar is the time you save. Rather than scooping out tablespoons of cookies, just dump the batter into a prepared cake pan, bake and a short time later you can enjoy these bars.

I like to line my cake pan with foil. I do this so I can lift the baked bars out of the pan and cut them on a cutting board. They are easier to cut this way and I don’t have a dirty pan to clean.

Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan.

Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan.

 

 

Fresh out of the oven.

Fresh out of the oven.

 

 

Once they have cooled you can lift the bars out of the pan.

Once they have cooled you can lift the bars out of the pan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slice the bars.

Slice the bars.

 

 

Delicious Chip Bars.

Delicious Chip Bars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy!

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Delicious Chip Bars

Rating: 51

Yield: 20 bars

Delicious Chip Bars

Ingredients

  • 2 ¼ cups unsifted flour
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 ½ sticks softened butter
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • ¾ cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups chips; milk, semi-sweet, butterscotch or white (you can choose the kind & ratio)

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
  • Line a 9 x 13 pan with foil, letting the excess hang over the edges of the pan by about 1 inch so you can grab those edges and pull the bars from the pan after they have baked. Spray the foil lined pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  • Mix the flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Set aside. Beat the butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract until combined. Add the eggs one at a time and mix until combined. Gradually add the flour mixture until combined. Fold in the chips. Turn the batter into the greased pan, smoothing the top with the spatula.
  • Bake until the top of the bars is golden brown and slightly firm to the touch, 24-28 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Remove the bars from the pan by lifting the foil overhang and transfer them to a cutting board.

Notes

You can skip adding the foil to the pan if you like, just spray the pan directly with nonstick cooking spray.

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Filed Under: Desserts Tagged With: Brown Sugar, Butter, Butterscotch Chips, Chocolate Chips, Sugar

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